Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD
Research Associate & Principal Investigator
marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,
Lisa Osborne
Assistant Professor
Immunity, immunology, microbiome, intestinal infection, helminths, chronic inflammation
Gabriel Potvin, PhD
Instructor
Biological engineering, microbiology, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), science and engineering education, public outreach
François Jean, PhD
Associate Professor & Scientific Director
Molecular virology, host-virus interactions, emerging and re-emerging human viruses, antiviral agents, viral molecular diagnostics, viral and cellular biomarkers, influenza A virus, hepatitis C virus, dengue virus
Dr. Haibo Feng
Assistant Professor
Building performance, zero carbon, zero energy building, LCA, BIM, sustainable construction, mass timber
Dr. Minghao Li
Associate Professor
timber engineering, mass timber, structural design, cross laminated timber, seismic resilience,
Dr. Ignacio Barbeito
Assistant Professor of Silviculture
silviculture, forest regeneration, forest structure, mixed species forests, vulnerability to climate change,
Dr. Andrew Roth, PhD Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor
cancer evolution, genomics, bayesian statistics, bioinformatics,
Fionn Byrne, MLA
Assistant Professor
ethics in landscape architecture; sites of interest include extreme landscapes that test definitions of nature, such as conflict zones, resource extraction sites, untouched wilderness, and artificial environments,
Dr. Christopher Gaston, PhD
Associate Professor
Markets and economics, new products and new markets for Canadian wood products, Aboriginal capacity building,
Dr. Jonathan Fannin, PhD, PEng
Professor
Internal erosion, geosynthetics, debris flow travel distance on steep mountainous terrain, slope stability in engineering practice,
Dr. Amy Wilson, PhD, DVM
Adjunct Professor
Ecological and anthropogenic factors influencing wildlife health and disease, role of domestic animals in the transfer of disease between humans and wildlife, conservation ecology of bats in British Columbia,
Dr. Tony T.Y. Yang, PhD, PEng
Professor
Seismic behaviour and design of steel, concrete and composite structures, seismic behaviour and design of tall buildings,
Dr. Ricky Turgeon, BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Heart Failure
Cardiology, drug safety, heart failure, medications, pharmacy,
Dr. Gregory Paradis, RPF, P.Eng.
Assistant Professor
forest management and planning, harvest scheduling, timber harvesting, climate change mitigation, forest carbon modelling, forest industry, supply chain planning, forest resource analysis, landscape-level modelling, forest economics, operations research, optimization, industrial engineering, business analytics,
Dr. Rachel Scholes
Assistant Professor
Environmental chemistry, trace contaminants, contaminants of emerging concern, water reuse, nature-based solutions, constructed wetlands, water treatment, wastewater treatment, stormwater, PFAS, green chemistry, safer alternatives, biodegradation
Laura Stankiewicz, BASc
PhD Student
bioengineering, tissue engineering, regenerate medicine, stem cell, cellular immunotherapeutics,
Balsher Singh Sidhu, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Agriculture, Climate change, Environment, Farming, Sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, India, Water, Irrigation, Global environmental change, Crop yields, Crop models, IPCC, Food production,